Studio Album · No. 3
X&Y Songwriting Credits by Coldplay
Produced by Ken Nelson, Danton Supple, Coldplay · Engineered by Michael Brauer, Ken Nelson, Danton Supple, George Marino
Coldplay wrote 13 of 13 documented tracks
Authorship Breakdown 13 / 13 documented
Scored across the 13 tracks with documented writers, by whether Coldplay carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 13 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
Awards & Recognition 2
Coldplay credit every song on X&Y collectively to the four band members, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, and Chris Martin, holding to the shared-writing convention they used on their first two records. The band produced the album with Danton Supple, who took over after early sessions, with Ken Nelson producing a handful of tracks including 'Fix You.' The collective authorship underpins the album's widescreen, electronics-tinged sound on songs like 'Speed of Sound' and 'Fix You.'
X&Y is Coldplay's third studio album, released June 6, 2005, on Parlophone. It became the best-selling album worldwide in 2005 and debuted at number one in the United Kingdom, the United States, and over 20 other countries. The album was Coldplay's most uncompromisingly stadium-sized statement up to that point, with 'Speed of Sound,' 'Fix You,' and 'Talk' confirming their status as one of the world's biggest bands. 'Fix You,' a soaring ballad initially built on Chris Martin's pipe organ, became one of the most-played songs in commercial radio history and one of rock's great emotional anthems. 'Talk' borrows its main riff from Kraftwerk's 'Computer Love,' making Ralf Hütter, Karl Bartos, and Emil Schult credited composers. The album received a more mixed critical reception than its predecessors, with some critics citing its polish and scale as a loss of intimacy, but commercially it was an unqualified triumph.